“I think President Trump is doing an amazing job,” said Pam Aita, a Pennsylvania retiree who lives in bellwether Northampton County. Chris Mudd, an Iowa Trump voter, saw his solar energy business take a hit as Biden-era green energy incentives expired. Several of the Trump voters also voiced concerns the White House was going too far, even as they said tougher enforcement was long overdue. Voters who love Trump and voters who loathe him share a distrust and disaffection toward the government more generally. CNN“Less personal shots toward one another,” was an ask from Knowles, the auto worker and Trump voter in Michigan.

December 23, 2025 19:27 UTC

That’s right. That’s right. There’s a lot of stuff going on in the private credit market. We don’t see —— Say what the private credit market is. Sure, so the private credit market is where businesses get loans from sometimes banks, but mostly other types of investors.

December 23, 2025 19:11 UTC

Everything you need to solve 'Connections' #925. The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you're always looking for what's next. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. Here's a hint for today's Connections categoriesWant a hint about the categories without being told the categories? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

December 23, 2025 18:47 UTC

Did DOGE Really Cut Government Spending? Did DOGE really cut government spending? A New York Times analysis found that the group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, and that its many smaller cuts added up to few savings. Our reporters David Fahrenthold and Margot Sanger-Katz explain. By David A. Fahrenthold, Margot Sanger-Katz, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, James Surdam, Whitney Shefte and Ray WhitehouseDecember 23, 2025

December 23, 2025 18:46 UTC

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December 23, 2025 18:21 UTC

I’m extremely familiar with this story because if I ask Gemini to play NPR News Now that’s what it plays and has for the past 40 days. Now I can open these in YT Music, play to my heart’s content. After I had written to the line above I started investigating and YT Music is returning these things. Gemini is selecting the first option returned by YT Music Search regardless of if it’s right or not. Every news podcast I listened to is not on YT Music any more or months old.

December 23, 2025 18:18 UTC

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December 23, 2025 18:08 UTC

This paper presents an improved Fuzzy-weighted Convolutional Neural Network (F-CNN) for taxonomic classification of bacterial DNA sequences, specifically focusing on the 500-bp segments. The proposed model aims to overcome the limitations of traditional classification methods by leveraging the power of deep learning and fuzzy logic processing. The improved fuzzy deep learning model is proposed to handle the problem of classifying samples with similar probabilities in the classification layer. It incorporates a feature selection stage using various techniques and a fuzzy weighting system to handle the uncertainty associated with similar classes in the classification layer and optimize parameters using fuzzy weights. The experimental results on the Ribosomal Database Project Release 11 (RDP 11) sequences dataset show the superiority of the proposed model, especially at the 500-bp region.

December 23, 2025 18:00 UTC

Sonora, CA (95370)TodayOvercast. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph..TonightRain likely. Winds SE at 15 to 25 mph. Rainfall may reach one inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible.

December 23, 2025 17:37 UTC

Romina Bergman, 2, left, reaches her hand out to chimpanzee Yoshi's newborn at the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby gorilla, the fifth and latest addition in a recent baby boom of adorable great apes that includes three chimpanzees and an orangutan. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

December 23, 2025 17:37 UTC

Well, some time back he visited Texas and bought some cowboy boots. Well, now some kind of urban cowboy switch was turned on, and he has gone full-on cowboy! The cowboy aesthetic is not my thing and honestly looks out of place where we live (DMV) and his work. Maybe he got really into the television show “Yellowstone”; maybe he just likes the feel of cowboy boots. I know this sounds like I am playing the victim, but I honestly do not know what to say or do.

December 23, 2025 17:25 UTC

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December 23, 2025 16:49 UTC

We all know that we could and should be doing more to help others but with busy work lives, busy home lives and attempting to make time for self-care, there often just aren’t enough hours in the day. AdvertisementThis is essential as according to Alzheimer’s Research UK, 982,000 people are estimated to be living with dementia in the UK and this number is predicted to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. AdvertisementNotably, the most consistent benefit was found when people spent around two to four hours per week helping others. So, even a few hours one evening or an hour here or there could make a significant difference. Don’t overstretch: work out what you can confidently commit to and start there – you can always build on it later.”

December 23, 2025 16:43 UTC

Everywhere you turn, there’s another study ranking California drivers as among the worst. In fact, there’s just about only one thing California drivers all agree on: Everybody else on the roads has lost their minds. We identified seven of the most frustrating things people do while driving, and we’re here, with the California Driver’s Handbook, to correct them. Then after we all come to a stop, turn on their signal. Improper merging is also one of the most common reasons California Highway Patrol officers stop drivers on the road.

December 23, 2025 16:33 UTC